Iranian authorities were apparently scared of a viral video. The clip shows a 70-year-old man dancing and singing in the street. Fearing it would spark dissent, authorities arrested the men in the ...

Iranian classical dance has mostly remained hidden from international audiences, as it has been practiced and developed mainly underground in Iran and the Iranian diaspora since the Islamic Revolution ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Ruling that teaching traditional Iranian dance corrupts the nation's youth, a court banned an Iranian-American dancer from leaving Iran for 10 years and from giving dance classes for ...

Protests in Iran against the current regime inspired the filmmakers to make people in Tehran feel heard and seen. The short film raised over $4,500 for its production through a crowdfunding campaign. ...

A stallholder in northern Iran who became a viral Internet sensation by showing off his unexpectedly dexterous dance moves has run into problems with the Islamic republic authorities who frown upon ...

1. Introduction -- 2. The invention of an ideal female national dancer in twentieth-century Iran -- 3. Mutribs and their dancers: the counter-ideal performers of new Iran -- 4. The cabaret dancer in ...

Hanging from a rope, a harness or a hoop, Iranian women are flocking to gyms to perform aerial dance and sharing videos of their routines on social media. Others are quietly practising another form of ...

An Iranian pensioner who published videos of himself dancing has spawned imitators across the country -- but he was reportedly summoned for questioning and his Instagram page was temporarily closed ...

A video from 2023 of a Georgian woman dancing in a rainy street in France has been miscaptioned online to describe it as depicting an Iranian woman mocking her government during its conflict with ...

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei said several of his ageing stars are facing "the last dance" as they prepare to meet hosts and holders Qatar in Wednesday's Asian Cup semi-final.